普京在有关发展汽车工业问题的会议上表示：“当然，我请求严格监控，国家权力机构、部门、国有企业，请你们注意，为工作所需购买汽车，无论如何不能是外国加长轿车。”
Russian Satellite News Agency, Moscow, April 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called on state authorities and state-owned enterprises to buy cars for work, rather than foreign extended cars.